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pau.

peace

3 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpaw]Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia

  1. peace

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan pau, from Latin pācem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Occitan patz, French paix, Spanish paz.

noun[ˈpaw]Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia

  1. spotted dragonet (a fish of the species Callionymus maculatus)

    masculine
noun[ˈpaw]Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia

  1. fool; rube

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Sometimes ascribed to Paul, but also as a phonetic reduction of *paup, alternating form of palp (“the act of feeling”).

adj[ˈpaw]Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia

  1. credulous; gullable; rustic

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Sometimes ascribed to Paul, but also as a phonetic reduction of *paup, alternating form of palp (“the act of feeling”).

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